Star Jones Has FINALLY Left The View! What's Next?

Star Jones getting fired was perhaps the best thing to happen to The View in years. It needed a shake-up. The dynamics of the table had just been off-kilter for quite awhile now. How do I know this? Because yes, I do sometimes watch The View. When I was just a young lad in high school I went to see this "new" show in New York City produced by Barbara Walters. 

It was in its second week of airing, and I had requested tickets. Back then I was all about the "girl power" and "women journalists rule" portion of my life. I had loved Meredith Viera on Turning Point, and as a young girl knowing that I wanted to have a career in journalism, both she and Barbara Walters had really blazed a trail.

Let me tell you about my View experience, at the age of 15.

The studio seemed small with very few audience chairs. I made the two people I was going with get to the studio in Manhattan about one hour early. I wanted the best seats in the house. As we began to file in, I got the seats exactly where I wanted them: right up front. I had a perfect sight-line to that infamous "coffee table" on stage. I was thrilled.

The show went on, guests like Susan Powter came out, and someone else was there too. I can't say I watched the show as much as I was enthralled with how Meredith Vieira and Barbara Walters prepared themselves. During breaks they would chat with the audience from the stage, smile and send out a few waves.

When the show was over, Meredith Vieira came over to me. I was scared out of my mind. She introduced herself to me, and asked some information about myself-she seemed thrilled to meet me. I think I was way more thrilled to meet her. She wrote the nicest letter to me on the little yellow pad I had brought to the city with me. She also was gracious enough to take two pictures with me. One with just she and I, the other with myself, Meredith and Joy Behar (who was as friendly and funny as could be).

They wanted Star Jones to come out for the picture, but she wouldn't. Behar and Vieira were making efforts to speak with the fans. They spoke to me for about 45 minutes. Star Jones was nowhere to be seen.